1744
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand is a 1744 unspecified by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a small, colorful painting of two men sitting outside a hut, while a giant, wounded vulture hobbles toward them over a rocky hill. This is a scene from the *Ramayana*, an old Indian story. The vulture, Jatayu, is about to tell Rama that his wife Sita was kidnapped. The artist filled the space with bright reds, blues, and greens, and every figure has its own little world inside the frame. To see more paintings like this, look up the Rajput kingdom of Kishangarh.
Rama sits in front of the empty hut, while his brother Lakshmana tries to reassure him. The giant vulture Jatayu limps over a hill in the distance, still weighed down by the stones he swallowed. He approaches to tell Rama and Lakshmana that the demon Ravana abducted Sita.
The folio number 18 is written in black in the lower right corner.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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